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V O L U M E 3 . F A L L S V IL L A G E , C O N N ., S A T U R D A Y F E B R U A R Y g 6 , 1 8 5 9 .
*** Entered acconling to Act of Congress in the
■year 1859,by Albert BusHNKLL.in the Clerk’s Office
of the U. S. Distridt Coart for the District of Con-necticnt.
THE B 9S ^ L L papers.
U P O N
^GRICUI-TUlRAL. BCtElV'CE,
B Y
A lb e r t B u s l in e l l ,
▲ PRACTICAL AGRICULTURIST OF SALIS­BURY.
CONN.
't h e BEXEFITS o f AGRICULTURAL SOCIE­TIES,
CONTINUED.
In our last paper on this question, I call-
)ed \he attention to the Science ot agricul-tore,—
to its imperfect condition ; although
beorly six thousand years have elapsed
fcince its first institution—to its low estate
bn th« score of advancement, when in com-
|>arison with other sciences; and to Its ei-hlted
position, when compared with them
on acttocnt of benefit and importance to
mankind. The low state of the science, and
the c o n s e q u e n t humble condition of farmers,
i attribute to their own neglect; and claim
that they, themselves, not the science, are
in the fault; and that suitable effort on their
part, in the application of mind to their pro-fesHon,
would develop a science, sufficient
in resource to elevata them to the highest
earthly estate. I also announced my inten­tion
to undertake the building of it up, to
its proper and rightful place among the
iBciences, and communicated to you its first
grand division as I had it in my mind.
Now, scientific works are almost always
6 ry and difficult to understand. When we
istndy mathematics, and enter upon a divis­ion
or rule, we next want an explanation,
and then an example ; and if we do not un­derstand
all perfectly; we cannot feel in­terested
or get on with our work. So it
will be with this scierce, especially at the
bommencement; as, i f the first principles
«re not well understood, the great beauty
and benefit of it will not be realized. But
i f folly comprehended, it will be seen to be
• 8 reliable as mathematics; and tenfold
more intei'esttng; and like mathematics,
wlthoulend in extent; and will have grand
divisions, divisions and sub-divieions with-httt
en ^ 't)ul all easily Understood, when
priacapie» are made familiar to the
mind; and as this community, should I ever
live to complete the work. Will be the only
people that wlil probably ever see the proof
of what I tiffirm; I feel deeply interested in
baring you give it sufficient attention, when
issued from the press; to keep yourselves
well posted in its arrangement; its truth,
and perfect application to our wants; and
thus be prepared to give me your co-oper­ation
in this great enterprise; the magni­tude
of which will be seen as we progress.
We will now enter upon tlie explanations
and examples necessary, in order to proper
ly understand the first grand division. For
tliia end we will say, that the first impor*
tant point to be attended to, is to understand
what we are talking about; bat we cannot
do this without first studying perfectly the
true meaning of a few important words, and
fenderiDg them and their meaning and ap­plication
as familiar as household words.
The experimenters, theorists and philoso
phers; or in other words, the popular writ­ers
of the present day, have confound­ed
us fiirmers, till we do not know what
they mean; or else they have become con
faied, and do not know what they write ;
or both; so that we cannot find in their ar
tides what they say they contain and teach
tind what we know we want; which is, re­liable
direction touching cur business.—
They blow what they call philusophj', arts,
science, practice and even poetfy in our fa­ces,
and tell us it is agricultural science-just
what we want; and that if we will only
read and apply it, w€ shall be learned, thrif­ty
and happy. They earnestly exhort us
this week to a practice, which they warn us
to shun next week. They call things by
wrong names, and will have it, that theories
philosophies and ev«n stories are reliable in
our business. Without considering how
Ignorant and dull of apprehension we are,
they write truth and error promiscuously,
lind do not tell us how to sort them. And
teally it would seem, we must invent a lan­guage
of our own, and write and talk our
own theories, arts and sciences.
But let us first give these literary gentle
Inen their just dues. Their intentions have
been good, and they have furnished us with
a rast amount of valuable matter; well
Worth to us and out children t#ice what it
cost. Their productions have abounded
with good philosophy, choice literature, ar-tistio
iilastrations. and some science; and
maoh of it bas' been applicable to ourselves
ftod oar caUing. We will therefore confess
they have done mnch towards preparing
oar minds for the reception of science; when
we can find i t ; that shall be appropHate to
oar minds an
»ted it in more than three thousand
instances ; and Should as soon think of
digging about a tree and cutting off the
roots ; because I had cut back the top to
graft it ; as I should of cutting away the
branches; because I had necessarily di­minished
the roots somewhat in transplant­ing
it.
Wo will discover by reviewing this artic­le,
that we have discussed the merits of
young fruits trees, and made our selection;
the philosophy of prunning tops and roots,
as connected with transplanting, and found
reliable premises for our theory ; the man­ner
of removing them from nursery rows,
and determined hoiv to do if; and done
the best we can in so short an essay. We
have taken up our trees eo well, it will n6t
be necessary to plant them till next week ;
when we will do so. Aimewi BusnNELb.-
ARTICLES FROM THE GLEANER
OF THE
a d e l p h i c i n s t i t u t e ,
KOBXn CORNWALL, CONN.
F a l s e A la rm .—We often hear the
Patriots of ancient and Revolutionary times
spoken of, as patterns of nobleness and vir­tue.
Wajhington is held up, as one of the
most prominent. People seem to doubt the
being of such men, at the present time, and
men of sterling honesty, holding the highest
offices in the gift of the people are termed
wire-pullers. Is this right ? are the na­tion’s
ablest men to be scandalized by those
who are in every way inferior to them ?
The life of our ablest statesmen should be
very unexceptionable, because of the great
work they are engaged in, but on the con­trary,
honesty of purpose, and independance
of action only increase the ferocity of their
enemies. This brings very clearly to our
mind the ^fact that there must be some
great calumniating instrument, and the
question arises what and where is it, can it
be destroyed. Now in the minds of many
the answer, to this question is very obvious.
We see at the caption of an article in a cer­tain
New York paper the words !! ! Treas­on
to the Grovernment! ! ! Wholesale rob­bery
of the poor! I ! Americans the crisis
has come &o., &c.,! !!
Every man not knowing the true intent
of such a caption, ^ould come to the con­clusion
th^t a civil war was brooding over
the nation. Tt is a mere picture goUen up
to gull theJnnocent and honest, and blast
the charac^r ofmen as honorable, virtuous,
and as true patriots as Washington could be,
men who would sell their livbs for their
country. Should the United States be in­volved
in a war with any nation she would
not be des^tute o f such men as Washing­ton.
They are with uS and would come
forth in t^« panoply of patriotism should
we require them. This constant harangue
brings it Biifore the people and cause them
to believe If; and if continued will insure
an endorsement of the fact, and men who
would, haw beeb hodest, become dishonest,
and delude themselves by thinking that
their suoeesi as Politicians depends upon
their cormptness. By endeavoring to un­dermine
^ ch ap te r pf our gwat men,^ the
nation is brought into aisctedlt. lEven if
the evil did exist the constant agitation
would only increase it. Then away for ev­er
with these bragadocios and calumniat­ing
journals. Let the Government fine the
editors $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 for each offense, return the
blackened sheets from the four comers of
the earth, and let the smoke o^ a bonfire
made therefrom rise to the clouds and with
it end this stigmatizing spirit.
Correspondent of the Gleaner.
The evil spoken of by the above corres­pondent
is one of moment, but irtrould not
his remedy of abridging the Jreedom oj the
Press beget a still greater one ; we think
it would. Ed. of Republican,
K n o w Thygelf.—To have a proper
estimation of the powers of the mind. To
know thyself and not undervalue the good,
neither flatter the evil qualities which is in
thee is of the greatest importance, nothing
retards the progress of the youth so much as
the idea that ho can not cope with others ;
that his intellect is not as comprehensive
as his fellow student. Let him dncd pos­sess
himself qf this idea and all apparent ad­vancement
is atr an end. He says within
himself I can never do this or that, when
at the same time others around him as ac­complishing
the same time with ease and
pleasure.
Respect yourself if you would have the
respect of others. Rather over than under
estimatfl your own powers. l8 e not Conceit
ed, do not advance your opinion before call­ed
for. If you value! your judgement in
preferance to anothers, let not your tongue
betray you into his contempt. Ever keep
before your mind the fact that all men are
great, and by perseverance one can become
as great as another. Give your self all due
credit, but never detract from that of anoth­er.
Have an object constantly in view,
live for it, persevere, and success awaits
you. A. J.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Y o u r D isp o s i t io l l ;—It is of great
advantage to all individuals to govern theii
temper. Why do some persons have so good
dispositions ? Because they have learned
to govern them. Ahoy should strive to
govern his temper. Then his teacher will
like him. His parents will love him, and
every one will think highly of the young
man, and he will learn to have a very high
regard for himself, and for his character^
A. W.
A Sailble to shingle is HHth Xlt»
boards cloje together) strong en o ti^ io sTafe, i(a
the snow ^effofTbeiore a large ^^iratyitccnmn-lates.
,
All work irariiEmfed to Jkeei»' oat the water, an4
froml 20‘ to 50 cts. worth (per iiandihe4 feet) of ta r
paipef keep ont every particle of snow
All orders Tfilf bie' j^omptly atiended to by
, N t o A N SPURB,
Ashley Falls, Feb. 10,1859. ‘ TIf.
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